Bob Hicok
Bob Hicok (born 1960 Grand Ledge, Michigan) is an American poet.[1]
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[edit] Life
Hicok is an associate professor of creative writing at Virginia Tech. He is from Michigan and before teaching owned and ran a successful automotive die design business.[2] He formerly taught at Western Michigan University.[3]
His first book, The Legend of Light, was published by the University of Wisconsin Press and chosen as an American Library Association Booklist Notable Book of the Year. Plus Shipping followed in 1998. His 2001 Animal Soul was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.[4] He has since published two more books, Insomnia Diary (2004) and This Clumsy Living (2007), both with the University of Pittsburgh Press. His newest book, Words for Empty and Words for Full, will be published in 2010[dated info] by University of Pittsburgh Press.
His poems have appeared in The Southern Review, The New Yorker, Poetry Magazine, The Paris Review and The American Poetry Review, as well as in four volumes of The Best American Poetry and three times in the Pushcart Prize anthology.
[edit] Awards
- 1995 Felix Pollak Prize for The Legend of Light chosen by Carolyn Kizer
- 2008 Guggenheim Fellowship [5]
- two NEA Fellowships
- 2008 Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry from the Library of Congress for "This Clumsy Living".[6]
[edit] Works
- Go Greyhound A poem by Bob Hicok
- Words For Empty And Words For Full, 2010 University of Pittsburgh Press;
- This Clumsy Living, 2007, the University of Pittsburgh Press;
- Insomnia Diary, 2004, the University of Pittsburgh Press;
- Animal Soul, 2003, Invisible Cities Press;
- Spam Leaves an Aftertaste,2002, A poem by Bob Hicok
- Plus Shipping, 1998, BOA Editions, Ltd.; and
- The Legend of Light, 1995 University of Wisconsin Press.
- Bearing Witness, 1991 Ridgeway Press
[edit] Anthologies
- William J. Walsh, ed. (2006). "Man of the House". Under the rock umbrella: contemporary American poets, 1951-1977. Mercer University Press. ISBN 9780881460476. http://books.google.com/books?id=iiG_MOtag50C&pg=PA163&dq=bob+hicok+pushcart&cd=8#v=onepage&q=bob%20hicok%20pushcart&f=false.
- Garrison Keillor, ed. (2006). "Calling him back from layoff". Good Poems for Hard Times. Penguin Group. ISBN 9780143037675. http://books.google.com/books?id=Ap2kpWhee8cC&pg=PA43&dq=bob+hicok&lr=&as_brr=3&cd=3#v=onepage&q=bob%20hicok&f=false.
- Charles Wright, David Lehman, ed. (2008). "Oh my pa-pa". The Best American Poetry 2008. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780743299756. http://books.google.com/books?id=xIQtFKnRcpcC&pg=PT71&dq=bob+hicok&lr=&as_brr=3&cd=4#v=onepage&q=bob%20hicok&f=false.
- Billy Collins, ed. (2003). "Alzheimer's". Poetry 180: a turning back to poetry. Random House, Inc.. ISBN 9780812968873. http://books.google.com/books?id=ssxHjRNX9-QC&pg=RA1-PA32&dq=bob+hicok&lr=&as_brr=3&cd=9#v=onepage&q=bob%20hicok&f=false.
- Billy Collins, ed. (2005). "To Roanoke with Johnny Cash". 180 more: extraordinary poems for every day. Random House, Inc.. ISBN 9780812972962. http://books.google.com/books?id=LBD3cfm2_dcC&pg=RA1-PA263&dq=bob+hicok&lr=&as_brr=3&cd=7#v=onepage&q=bob%20hicok&f=false.
- Bill Henderson, ed. (2000). The Pushcart prize XXX, 2006: best of the small presses. Pushcart Press. ISBN 9781888889215.
- Bill Henderson, ed. (2004). The Pushcart Prize XXIX 2005: Best of the Small Presses. W. W. Norton & Company Limited. ISBN 9781888889390.
- David Wagoner, David Lehman, ed. (2009). The Best American Poetry 2009. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780743299770.
- David Walker, ed. (2006). American Alphabets: 25 Contemporary Poets. Oberlin College Press. ISBN 9780932440280.
[edit] Notes
- ^ http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/jan-june09/bobhicok_04-30.html
- ^ http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/1126
- ^ http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=3137
- ^ http://www.pw.org/mag/is_criticscircle.htm Poets and Writers Inc., Feb. 01, 2001
- ^ Guggenheim Foundation 2008 Fellows
- ^ Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry - Poetry (Library of Congress)
